Understanding the association between adolescent marijuana use and later serious drug use: Gateway effect or developmental trajectory?

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 615-632

  Cleveland, H Harrington ^a   Wiebe, Richard P ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FITCHBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ONSET AGE; PEER PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRIGGER POINT; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42549114478     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579408000308     Document Type: Article

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